Oracle Linux 5 : openssh (ELSA-2016-3531)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90342

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Description of changes:

[4.3p2-82.0.2]
- CVE-2015-5600: MaxAuthTries limit bypass via duplicates in KbdInteractiveDevices (John Haxby) [orabug 22985024]
- CVE-2016-3115: missing sanitisation of input for X11 forwarding (John Haxby) [orabug 22985024]

Solution

Update the affected openssh packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2016-April/005938.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90342

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-3531.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/5/2016

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openssh-server, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5600, CVE-2016-3115